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Provided by: digg.com12010-09-03 04:59:40science / digg.com /: Which waste is the best to convert to energy -- animal dung or leftover funnel cakes, corn dogs, cotton candy and other fairground favorites? That's what a Midwest scientist and a group of researchers are exploring at the Minnesota State Fair.

Provided by: digg.com22010-09-08 13:56:18science / digg.com /: Hear Adam Savage discuss problem solving at Maker Faire Bay Area 2010.

Provided by: digg.com32010-09-06 23:22:01science / digg.com /: Xbox 360 250GB Console, Kinect Sensor and Kinect Adventures for digg.com: Top News How many old mobile phones do you have lying around? One, two, three? A recent consumer survey found that 44% of the world’s phones are lying unused in drawers, yet only 3% of people recycle them. Want to make some extra cash and help save the planet? Here's how.

Provided by: digg.com42010-09-06 23:22:01science / digg.com /: ...give Jack Bauer the movie he deserves! by J.A. Hamilton We all have our favorite shows, but to be honest I didn digg.com: Top News How many old mobile phones do you have lying around? One, two, three? A recent consumer survey found that 44% of the world’s phones are lying unused in drawers, yet only 3% of people recycle them. Want to make some extra cash and help save the planet? Here's how.

Provided by: digg.com52010-09-03 07:19:09science / digg.com /: An Afternoon of Conversation engages big thinkers and doers in serious discussion about their work and the future.This conversation features Bill Gates and Walter Isaacson.

Provided by: digg.com72010-09-02 20:36:41science / digg.com /: All images from Push House In much of the world, hemp is thought of as a useful building material; Warren recently showed us an interesting house from Australia and it is common in the UK. But in America, it is still the butt of hippie jokes; Matt Hickman of the Mother Nature Networks describes a new house in Asheville, North Carolina with references to Tommy Chong and describes the interior: "there's not a blacklight poster, hanging spider plant, or crumpled up Cheetos bag in sight." Discovery News says "Put aside old visions of burlap-like shirts that belong with hacky sacks." Even the owner tells CNN ""We heard that we could have a really great neighborhood party if it ever caught on fire." It's a shame that everyone is focusing on that, because it is just one interesting product in a fascinating house that is full of surprises.... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Provided by: digg.com82010-09-02 09:36:56science / digg.com /: The widespread belief that marijuana users will eventually and inevitably move on to harder drugs has yet more evidence against it with the release of a new study. Whether teenagers who smoked pot will use other illegal drugs as young adults has a lot more to do with factors such as employment status and stress, according to the new research.

Provided by: digg.com102010-09-02 16:26:01science / digg.com /: NASA has partnered with The Commons on Flickr and the Internet Archive to make a collection of 180 historic photos available for public viewing. The photos are arranged into three sections – Building NASA, Launch/Takeoff and NASA Center Namesakes. We’ve compiled some of the photos below but head on over to the NASA Flickr stream for the whole collection. The photos are also available, along with thousands more, on the NASA Images website.

Provided by: digg.com112010-09-02 20:11:24science / digg.com /: The title is a little deceptive in that there are certainly other weapons being fired in some of these images. Nonetheless, I found these images stunning, and

Provided by: digg.com121970-01-01 00:00:00science / digg.com /: Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter gazes into his crystal ball (http://www.vg247.com/2010/09/07/august-npd-pachter-predicts-decline-in-both-hardware-and-software-due-to-online-offerings/)and sees a decline for both hardware and software due to online offerings. ---Quote--- *Multiplayer... An error was ecnountered attempting to get the RSS data: The server did not return XML. The content type returned was text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 digg.com: Top News How many old mobile phones do you have lying around? One, two, three? A recent consumer survey found that 44% of the world’s phones are lying unused in drawers, yet only 3% of people recycle them. Want to make some extra cash and help save the planet? Here's how.

Provided by: digg.com132010-09-06 23:22:01science / digg.com /: digg.com: Top News How many old mobile phones do you have lying around? One, two, three? A recent consumer survey found that 44% of the world’s phones are lying unused in drawers, yet only 3% of people recycle them. Want to make some extra cash and help save the planet? Here's how.

Provided by: digg.com142010-09-06 15:45:55science / digg.com /: Terminally ill cancer patients struggling with anxiety may get some relief from a guided "trip" on the hallucinogenic drug psilocybin, a new study suggests.

Provided by: digg.com152010-09-06 23:22:01science / digg.com /: How many old mobile phones do you have lying around? One, two, three? A recent consumer survey found that 44% of the world’s phones are lying unused in drawers, yet only 3% of people recycle them. Want to make some extra cash and help save the planet? Here's how.